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Doors are opening, These tips will get you back to business

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Life is starting to get back to normal, well at least a new normal. Now is a great time to do a check in. Do you have all the tools you need to hit the ground running and be more successful than ever before? 

Customers are slowly starting to open their doors again. Get prepared and ready to get back on the road… here are few tips that can help.  

  1.  Review your sales numbers. Look at trends to see where you should start. What product line, which customers or which territory has the most potential? 
     
  1. Review your analytics, notes and sales data from your CRM system.  Brush up on these details and wow your customers with your knowledge.  
     
  1. Let your customers know the safety procedures you have put in place to ensure their health is your number one priority. 
     
  1. Now is the time to think outside of the box. Look at the products you sell and see how each one can benefit your customer. 
  1. Review the current systems that you have in place to run your business. Do you have the tools to track meeting details, get reminded of project deadlines and analytics to see historical and future trends for your business? 

It can seem over whelming but keep in mind that Empowering Systems + dynaMACS are here to help you through the transition… 

Working From Home: Tips and Tricks

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Was working from home something you used to look forward to on the occasional Friday, but now it has turned into an everyday reoccurrence?  

The work world has shifted quite a bit over the past month with some states even issuing a mandatory order to work from home. We are here to give you some tips and tricks on how to seamlessly transition into a work from home atmosphere. Or as a lot of people refer to it as, WFH. We have tested out many of these tips and tricks as a lot of our employees worked from home quite often before it was mandatory.  

We split WFH into three parts, 1) Your Office Space, 2) Your Co-workers, and 3) Your Routine.    

Your Office Space (Part 1 of 3) 

  • Creating an at-home office space can be tricky, in an ideal world everyone would have an extra room in their house with a desk and a personal library. But that is just not reality. Try to get creative, is there an old playroom that isn’t used anymore or an extra nook in the upstairs hallway? Ideally, this office space would not be in your bedroom. It is too easy to carry the stress of the workday to bed if you are working and sleeping in the same room.   
  • If possible, in a room with a door you can shut, but only shut the door if you feel you really need to focus or are getting on a call. WFH can feel very lonely when the rest of your family is on the other side of a closed door.  
  • If you must work in a common area, like the kitchen table, clear one end off for your workspace every morning, don’t let the placemats, yesterday’s mail, the kids’ schoolwork, or the cat encroach into your workspace.  

We hope these tips on how to make your office space the most productive helped. Be on the lookout for two more work from home blog posts touching on co-workers and your routine. Comment below with any tips you have on how you’re adjusting to your new WFH workspace.